2 Samuel 23:24:32 Sam.23.24.W3TAB
בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁ֑ים
basheloshim
“among the thirty”
- Transliteration
- ba-she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- bah-sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃăloˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-she-lo-SHIM
- clause
a-sa-EL a-KHI-yo-AV ba-she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
a-sa-EL a-KHI-yo-AV ba-she-lo-SHIM el-kha-NAN ben-do-DO BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-shloshim {בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁים | ba-šəlō-šîm} ‘among the Thirty’ marks membership within an elite military band.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“thirty, three tens”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:24
Asahel the brother of Joab was among the Thirty, and Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:24, so the Hebrew word בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁ֑ים (basheloshim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.23.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.24.W3.S1) and character.